Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-8·1961

Excavation notebook of Henri de Contenson, sixth notebook, 1961H. de Contenson

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 17 of notebook 34 CDF art. 128-8 (Excavation notebook of Henri de Contenson, sixth notebook, 1961), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 128-8, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 8Scan 17 of 116

Sector 121, rock reached at 1 m 00 of average depth, south of the East-West Road. Pt 634: in a tomb whose ceiling has collapsed and which has probably been looted, in 121, south of the road, - 1 m 40: an intact jug in greenish pottery.

Pt 635: sector 98, depth: 0,90: steatite mould placed on the channel east of Pt 585. Probably for making an iron spearhead of bronze.

Drawing: rectangular object lying across a curved pipe-like feature, with North arrow; labels: N

Apart from Pt 585, which overlaps the sector 98, sector 128 is almost entirely occupied by old excavations. Beneath Pt 585 itself lies a tomb which was looted by a gallery dug from 127. Pottery from Pt 585: Iron Age: large bowls of late "wavy line" style (Myc III C 2 late).

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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